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 Japanese Domestic Market Honda Civic CRX siR. My CRX was imported from Japan to England back in 1994, where it had two owners before I got hold of it. It is currently on 82,000 miles and is still as tight as a nuns chuff. I have owned my CRX VTEC for 2yrs now, originally obtaining it in 1999 for the princely sum of £5250. I have had quite a few cars in my time but none compare to the CRX VTEC. Before I bought the CRX is was looking at buying a Peugeot 205 1.9 GTI, by no means a slow car, but when I was taken out for a ride in a VTEC and hear the engine run from 1000rpm all the way to 8000rpm I knew I had to have one. I have tweaked the car slightly with 15x7 alloys low profile tyres, full stainless exhaust system and a Pipercross induction system. In the time I have had it, my love affair has become stronger than ever before, the best way to drive it is like you hate or have just stolen it, and only then will the whole CRX VTEC experience show you what it is really capable. The crashy at slow speeds ride suddenly takes form as the speed rises, darting from bend to bend, you find your self holding onto that gear a little bit longer just to hear the exhaust bellow, and the induction kit roar, whilst the car assaults you with vivid acceleration and entertains you aurally with sounds normally found on a Ferrari, or and expensive sports car. This car has won a real place in my heart and I will never let it go for any price. I can honestly see me giving it the red mist until the day I die, or until they take the licence away. For such a small and compact hot hatch, it decimates the opposition. What other cars of similar engine size can claim 160bhp as standard, go kart handling and drop dead good looks (answer: none). The CRX VTEC also has an excellent ability to upset some of the higher performance cars out there. The guy in the Integra Type R who tried and failed to show me a clean set of heels, the BMW M3 which was chased all the way to 145 mph and to all the others out there who had to get used to the rear end of the CRX, all realised that they car they underestimated had just shown them up. In the time I have had it, the only costs have been due to wear and tear (brakes, tires), or through the last owners neglect (cam belt, exhaust). By no means is the CRX cheap to run, but once you get on top of all the problems that are likely to occur it will run forever. It is a solid, reliable and sporty car, which is happy on the shopping run, chasing the car in front or doing the traffic light Grand Prix. For an 11-year-old car my CRX VTEC will run to 60 in 7 seconds, which is amazing for any N/A 1.6, even by toady’s standards, and then show you the wrong side of 130mph. The mk2 CRX VTEC is one car that Honda should really think of bringing back into production, if for one would buy it again. Specifications: 1.6 DOHC Vtec, 160bhp, Completely original OEM spec interior, with half leather seats, with inflatable lumbar supports, air-conditioning, climate control, electric windows, electric mirrors, automatic folding mirrors, electric sunroof, power steering, Limited Slip Differential, discs all round, Nissin twin pot callipers at the front, single pot at the rear. This is a fully loaded JDM CRX siR with all available options apart from ABS. Modifications to date include 15x7 league tantrums, with Yokohama A520’s, full stainless steel handmade scorpion exhaust, Pipercross intake, and Spats rear strut brace. Other than that it is standard OEM spec all round. As standard the car is hard to fault. In the future I will fit a HKS lowering kit, Spats front strut brace, and remove the catalyst, as from that it stays as it is, and in my eyes the perfect driving package. A real wolf in sheeps clothing. |
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